Pointe-Noire

Pointe-Noire is the Republic of Congo’s principal port and economic centre, but rapid urbanisation has produced extensive peripheral neighbourhoods with limited basic infrastructure. Flooding and erosion affect vulnerable areas, while fragmented growth increases the cost of extending roads, drainage, water and public facilities.

The Strengthening Urban Resilience Project combines erosion and flood reduction with climate-resilient infrastructure and municipal planning. It builds on earlier programmes that rehabilitated roads and drainage, expanded water and electricity networks and prepared updated urban plans. This layered investment is important in a port city where metropolitan growth and economic infrastructure must function together. Pointe-Noire’s future competitiveness depends not only on the port, but on whether surrounding neighbourhoods have reliable access, services and drainage capable of supporting continued urban expansion.